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Chapter 247 Comprehensive suppression

Chapter 247 Comprehensive suppression

No matter how angry Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy's heart was, no matter how dissatisfied coach Stan Van Gundy was with his players' performance in the first quarter, it couldn't hide the Indiana Pacers. The fact that the team's main center Roy Hibbert scored [-] and [-] rebounds in a single quarter under the defense of Orlando Magic's two big inside players Glenn Davis and Ryan Anderson.Together, Glenn Davis and Ryan Anderson scored just seven points and four rebounds in one quarter.In other words, the two big inside players of the Orlando Magic can be regarded as fake.

But coach Stan Van Gundy has no other choice. In the absence of the team's core "Warcraft" Dwight Howard, coach Stan Van Gundy can only hand over the offensive and defensive burden of the interior to these two not considered first-class interior players. .

Glenn Davis and Ryan Anderson both played the entire first quarter, so at the beginning of the second quarter, coach Stan Van Gundy had to put the two inside players on the bench and let them have a good time. rest.At this time, the Orlando Magic's tightness in the interior rotation is even more obvious: at the center position, coach Stan Van Gundy can at least send Daniel Orton to play as cannon fodder for a period of time, but at the power forward position, Coach Stan Van Gundy He could only let Hedo Turkoglu, who was born as a small forward, play a cameo!Now Hedo Turkoglu's state is far from being able to compare with when he reached the finals back then. Even his own job is difficult to do, let alone the power forward position he is not familiar with.

However, coach Stan Van Gundy really has no other way. In the absence of Dwight Howard, coach Stan Van Gundy can only rotate inside players in this way.

The inside strength is insufficient, and the team can only transfer more drama to the outside when attacking.The team's main point guard, Jameer Nelson, also played the entire first quarter, scoring only four points and two assists under the promised defense.Jameer Nelson sat on the bench panting, staring blankly at the Indiana Pacers point guard on the court -- promise.

As long as the word promise appears in his mind, coach Stan Van Gundy will immediately feel that he has three big heads.

In the first quarter, Xu Nuo scored six points and four assists from inside and outside, helping the Indiana Pacers lead the Orlando Magic by six points 26:20 at the end of the first quarter.Center Roy Hibbert and point guard Promise, the duo who dominated the first quarter, made coach Stan Van Gundy sad just thinking about it.

Fortunately, at the beginning of the second quarter, coach Larry Brown took Roy Hibbert and let defensive giant Ronnie Turiaf fill that position on the court.In doing so, the pressure on Coach Stan Van Gundy's shoulders eased a little.However, the point guard promised to remain on the court.Coach Stan Van Gundy was actually more worried about promising performance than Roy Hibbert.

Promising another fast-break assist for teammate Paul George's alley-oop dunk, the Indiana Pacers have extended their lead to double digits.

Coach Stan Van Gundy folded his hands, his face full of helplessness.

No way, really no way.

In his own team, no outside player can keep up with Xu Nuo's footsteps, and can stop Xu Nuo from swiping data as he pleases.If the team has a good individual defender like Shane Battier, the situation is better, but looking around, the bench is full of shooters, and there is no player like that Individual defenders.

Coach Stan Van Gundy scratched his head helplessly, and now he can only pin his hopes on the outside three-pointer firepower suddenly opened up.

However, in the past, the reason why the Orlando Magic were able to rain three-pointers from the outside was entirely because there was a strong containment point like "Warcraft" Dwight Howard on the inside, and the opponent would not completely expand the defense to the three-point line. go out.But now that the team's inside strength has plummeted, the enemy doesn't need to shrink the inside so hard, but puts the main defensive energy into the bunch of outside shooters.

In this way, how can the Orlando Magic's outside three-pointers be able to call the wind and rain on other people's territory as before?

However, apart from this, coach Stan Van Gundy has no other to rely on.

Coach Stan Van Gundy was contemplating like a bard, and JJ Redick on the court received a pass from Chris Duhon and finally made a long three-pointer from the outside.

good!very good!very good!Coach Stan Van Gundy felt ecstasy in his heart, almost fell on his knees and thanked God.You know, the outside three-pointer made by JJ-Redick is only the second outside three-pointer made by the Orlando Magic in tonight's game!Prior to this, the Orlando Magic had only scored an outside three-pointer by Ryan Anderson.Perhaps, this three-pointer hit indicates that the team's outside three-pointers will finally start to rain...

However, coach Stan Van Gundy's joy did not last long. In the next attack, the Spaniard Rudy Fernandez received the promised pass and made his first outside shot in the game. three-pointer.But it was this long three-pointer from the outside that extinguished the fire of hope that had just been ignited in the heart of coach Stan Van Gundy.

At 33:23, the point difference between the two teams returned to double digits, and coach Stan Van Gundy's mood returned to an extremely bad state.

We must find ways to narrow the difference!So thought Coach Stan Van Gundy.

Narrowing the gap is easy to say, but really hard to do!You know, under the coaching of Larry Brown, the Indiana Pacers' defense has improved a lot compared to before, and their offense has become more orderly, just like a real super team.Playing against such a team, it is really difficult to win.

Coach Stan Van Gundy stroked the mustache on his lips, and the wrinkles on his forehead were about to huddle together.

After pondering for a long time, coach Stan Van Gundy came up with the result: Glen Davis was sent to the field again, replacing the small forward Earl Clark on the court.

The reason why coach Stan Van Gundy did this was not just to strengthen the strength of the inside line, but also to liberate Hedo Turkoglu.Because after Glenn Davis played, Hedo Turkoglu can return to the small forward position he is best at. Coach Stan Van Gundy hopes that Hedo Turkoglu can reach the same level as the team back then. Like in the NBA Finals, he organized the team's offense brilliantly.

Seeing that coach Stan Van Gundy made substitutions and adjustments, coach Larry Brown immediately came up with a solution to the problem.On the court, Rudy Fernandez and Paul George were paired, and Paul George, who could jump and jump, stood in front of Hedo Turkoglu.

Of course, Coach Larry Brown did not want Paul George to jump to defend Hedo Turkoglu, which would only allow Hedo Turkoglu to take advantage of the loopholes.Coach Larry Brown just wants to use Paul George's excellent athletic ability to contain the slow-moving Hedo Turkoglu, facing an opponent who is much faster and physically fit than himself, without Dwight Hedo Turkoglu, who Howard was covering for himself, couldn't play his role at all.After a few switchbacks on the court, Hedo Turkoglu was replaced by coach Stan Van Gundy.

"Coach Larry Brown is really good. It was just a small action that forced Hedo Turkoglu to rest. From this point of view, coach Stan Van Gundy, the head coach of the Orlando Magic, and Larry Brown The coach is more than one level behind!" Xu Nuo thought in his heart.

And Glenn Davis was ashamed and courageous after playing. He was not as depressed as he was in the first quarter. He hit two consecutive mid-range jumpers shortly after playing.Xu Nuo knew that coach Larry Brown would definitely have the idea of ​​substituting in his mind at this time, so he raised the ball in his hand high above his head, looking like he was about to shoot.Chris Duhon jumps up to block Promise's shot, Promise leans his body on Chris Duhon and manages to hear referee Mike Callahan blow his whistle .

The ball that Nuo threw didn't hit the basket, but that's okay, the main purpose of Xu's foul wasn't to score.Xu Nuo looked towards the side of the court, and sure enough, he saw Roy Hibbert and David West take off their sports jackets and step onto the court one after the other.

Xu Nuo stood at the free throw line and made two free throws. The Indiana Pacers led the Orlando Magic by eight points 35:27.At this time, the buzzer in the Conseco Arena rang again. Xu Nuo looked to the side of the court and saw George Hill standing on the side of the court, pointing at himself.Promise walked slowly off the court and sat down next to Danny Granger.

"It doesn't look at all that this is your first time participating in the NBA playoffs." Danny Granger said to Xu Nuo.

"It's normal." Xu Nuo said with a smile.

In fact, Xu Nuo's performance was not ordinary. After nearly 4 minutes of the second quarter, Xu Nuo scored eight points and six assists, and his performance was actually quite efficient.And it is precisely because of the promised fast break and go-betweens that the Indiana Pacers were able to fully suppress the opponent Orlando Magic in the game.So it's not hard to understand why Orlando Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy has a headache about promises.

It's just that now coach Stan Van Gundy has no time to worry about making promises. He needs to find a way as soon as possible to save the team that is completely suppressed by the opponent from the predicament.

(End of this chapter)